A busca da autonomia da indústria de defesa, o caso Brasil e as perspectivas futuras: a questão tributária

Abstract

The tax burden interferes directly in the final price of the product sold to the national defense of the Brazilian Armed Forces, unlike what happens with the import ed. This started in the 1990s, after the peak of the Brazilian Industry of defense material during the past decade, helped to significantly reduce the production of Brazilian industry and, especially, under the direction of purchases for foreign products. The import of defense material causes some dependency of the Braz ilian Armed Forces, thus inhibiting initiatives to develop indigenous products for defense, comprom ising national sovereignty. The high tax burden imposed to the products of Brazilian De fense Material Industry has been identified as a major reason for their timi d current situation. Based on interviews and readings of specialized articles, a fter talk about the development of the Brazilian Defense Material Industry, is a critical vie w of the search of their autonomy in the light of the tax issue.